Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-11-13
ABOUT THE CITY.

Picked Up on tho Street-Hydrant Water.
Wheeling Creek-A Nice Business MAN.
Base Ball.
hear a great many people complaining
of the bad taste of the hydrant water. Of
course it is going to taste bad with the
water as low as it is. A very simple way
to get rid of the taste and purify it is to
boil it and then dose it pretty freely with
ice. and well shaken before taken. This
applies to those who cannot afford a hlterer.
I don't know but what it would improve
the water even when filtered. At least 1t
can do no harm.
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met man the other day who tried to
work of that block. house chestnut on me
about the creek being so degraded as 1t
was so low. Speaking of the creek, l
think every lover of the beautiful in ma
ture ought to take an afternoon Of and en-
10Y its beauties at its present stage. In
many places it is so narrow that you can
step across it without wetting your feet.
The most picturesque sight afforded, how
ever. is frem either the Market or Main
street bridges. There the yellow slime
mixes with the mushy, dark trown bed,
while the oil on the troubled waters per-
fumes the whole mass TO such an extent
that the odor az times is O~yerpowerlng.
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In the muddy bed of the creek can be
seen the adOlescent hoop skirt, the callow
tin can, old kegs, barrels and boxes; ID
fact ell manner Of refuse and rubbish.
What q cleaning out there will be when q
freshet does come. The.TiTer is nearly as
bad, and when it rises we may expect to
have worse water for . while than we have
now. Wouldn't il he q good idea to flush
the water mains shortly after the first rain
of any consequence that deigns TO fall on
the parcbed earth?
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l like to see a business man possessed OF
a cheerful disposition, one whom the little
mistakes and accidents do not worry or
fret. This was beautifully illustrated the
other day when I saw the bottom drop out
of a barrel Of apples a man was loading
into q wagon, allowing the apples to escape
over the the street. Did he stop and swear
and curse his luck. Most Ren would, you
know. But. not he. He paused long
enough i'll the tune he was whistliOg to
yell out to a boy in the store, johnny,
bring out an empty barrel!' an then re-
sumed his whistlipg. What nice dlspo-
sitiOn that man must have.
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Tue proposition Of that syndicate to the
Wheeling Base Ball Clu5 Monday night was
rather 2 cheeky affair. There was too much
mystery in it not to havs concealed some
colored gentleman in the wood pile. Syn
dicates are very well as far as they 90, but
the trouble with most is that they want TO
stretch the rope of restriction too tart, and
it breaks. Speaking of the Monday night
meeting . director told me that it accom-
plished all that was expected, and that
there would be no trouble about raising all
the money wanted. Every lover of the
game will be glad to hear this, | know.
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| met Jack GlaSsc0ck, the famous short
stop, on the street the other day, blazing
with the diamond badges he has been pre-.
santed with, aud leaning rather affection
ately Oh the cane his Wheeling friends gave
him, aud asked hin. TO tell me the truth
about the many reports in circulation in
regard to his strained relations with the
indianapolis club, but be refused to say
anything for publication.
Zone report says you will not play there
next season." said ] with an Innocent aud
pleading smile.
Il have nothing to saw" he answered
laconically, with twinkle in his eye.
But, will yOu?' l persisted.
~ have nothing to say"
We'll, how about"
Il have nothing TO say"
So you will see that l really said nothing.
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[ lad q talk with Jack Crogan. late cap
tain OF the wheeling club, ard he prOfessed
to he sorry to leave Wheeling, hut You
know" said he, every man likes advance
ngnt and generally goes where he Cll bet
ter him3sli.' III know" he continued,
"Waeeling viii have the strongest nine in
the Ohio L"agGe msSS lear, and hope to see
them win the pcnnaut.' The Northwest
ern League will really be composed OF re-
serve niaea Of Chicago, Detroit and St.
Louis with other independent uiGeS. The
nine that Cr0aaH aud Dunn signed with
will play on the Chicago League grounds
when that club Is away from home.
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The report in the Wheeling papers con-
corning the game between the Bethany
and Triadelphia mines in which it was
said Damn pitched for the defeated Triadel-
phians was, to say tho lsast highly over
drawn. Damn did not pitch. but played
second base, as the Bethany boys would
rot hear OF him going ia the box. In the
ninth inning, however, he gave an CX-
hibitiOn of what he could do TO please
the spectators. | think it was IN bad
taste for the Bethany boys to brag about
knocking "WhteliUg's great twirler" out,
as they were pleased To call on him, when
they refused to allow Triadelphia to use
him IN the box.
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The report has gone abroad that Nichol-
son has signed with the st. Louis club.
Tue report is not tgua, IS Mr.. Nicholson
himself will verify. lie wants to play at
home, wants too much money, but ! think
he will finally drop here. This is the zine
Wheeling hopes to have, with material ad-
ditiOus: Morrison, Flanagan and Kimber,
pitchers; Stencil and Wcstlske, catcherS;
Stapleton, first base; Delehanty, second
base; Allen or Myers, shOristop; Van SAINT,
third base; Mccain, left field; Nichols,
centre field; B~uckenberger, manager and
probably second base, provided Nicholson
is not signed by other clubs, which | do
not think he will he, because he wants to
play at home.
Spirited Rspartee.